A drunk knifeman who kidnapped a disabled man and his terrified girlfriend and made them drive 500 yards to a shop has been jailed.

Owain David Thomas Hughes approached Wayne Horton who was sitting in his car outside the Iceland store in Llangefni, Anglesey while his partner Rachel Hallsworth shopped inside.

Mr Horton rolled down his window at which point Hughes pointed a blade at his neck and demanded to be taken to a nearby shop or he would "slash him".

Hughes, 21, also threatened to find Mr Horton's girlfriend, who was in the Iceland store, and slash her, Caernarfon Crown Court heard.

Sion ap Mihangel, prosecuting, said: "Mr Horton had parked his vehicle in a disabled bay on the car park and became aware of a male who tapped at the window. He opened it to half way but before anything was said he felt the object being held against his jaw.

"He didn't see the object but felt it could have been a knife.

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"The man demanded to be taken to Siop Ellis and if not he would slash him.

"He added he would go into the shop, find his partner, and slash her too," the barrister said.

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When Mr Horton agreed, Hughes walked round the front of the vehicle and got into the front passenger seat.

When Ms Hallsworth emerged she was signalled into the rear seat and they set off on the short journey, during the the early evening of December 27.

After reaching Siop Ellis, Hughes, of no fixed address but formerly of a homeless hostel in Llangefni, had disappeared said Mr ap Mihangel.

Both Mr Horton and his girlfriend were shocked by what had happened and alerted police and Hughes was arrested.

A search of his address revealed a knife and a screw.

Owain David Thomas Hughes (Image: North Wales Police)

Hughes admitted charges of kidnap and possessing an article that had a blade or was sharply pointed.

Jailing him for a total of two year Judge Huw Rees said: "This offence involved the use of a weapon on a disabled man. You had a sharp object, possibly a knife, and put it against his neck and threatened to slash him.